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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt:...anxiously inquiring what direction the commander-in-chief had taken; nobody was able to give me any information with regard to his whereabouts. I therefore scoured the village in all directions, to see if I could find by myself the track of the army, but the traces ran in every direction. Here I fell in with several troops of horsemen, in the same state of uncertainty as myself, and joined one of them, where there were some heavy cavalry; neither the attendants of the vizier nor the man who carried his carpet could tell which direction he had taken. While anxiously looking about, I suddenly heard behind us the beating of a drum or "ganga," and, following the sound, found a considerable number of horsemen of every description collected on an open area; and here I received the exciting news that the pagans had broken through the line of march at the weakest point, and that, while the vizier had pursued his track, the rear had been dispersed. If these poor pagans, who certainly are not wanting in courage, were led on by experienced chieftains, and waited for the proper opportunity, they would be able in these dense forests, where cavalry is scarcely of any use, to do an immense deal of damage to this cowardly host, and might easily disperse them altogether. But the principal reason of the weakness of these Musgu tribes is that they have only spears and the "goliyo," and no arrows, else they would certainly be able to keep these troublesome neighbors at a respectful distance. Of what little use even the firelock is to the latter, I had ample opportunity of judging several musketeers having come to me anxiously entreating me to provide them with flints, as their own had been lost or had proved useless. At length the motley...